{"id":1786697,"date":"2022-12-26T07:41:49","date_gmt":"2022-12-26T12:41:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1786697"},"modified":"2022-12-26T07:48:41","modified_gmt":"2022-12-26T12:48:41","slug":"ufc-hall-of-famer-and-mma-legend-stephan-bonnar-dead-at-45","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ufc-hall-of-famer-and-mma-legend-stephan-bonnar-dead-at-45\/","title":{"rendered":"UFC Hall of Famer and MMA Legend Stephan Bonnar Dead at 45"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fufc-hall-of-famer-and-mma-legend-stephan-bonnar-dead-at-45%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1786697&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>UFC Hall of Famer Stephan Bonnar died on Thursday, the promotion announced. He was 45 years old.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ufc.com\/news\/stephan-bonnar-1977-2022\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The UFC reported<\/a> Bonnar, who most notably fought Forrest Griffin in the finals of the first season of \u201cThe Ultimate Fighter\u201d in 2005, died of presumed heart complications while at work.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cStephan Bonnar was one of the most important fighters to ever compete in the Octagon,\u201d UFC President Dana White said in a statement. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cHis fight with Forrest Griffin changed the sport forever, and he will never be forgotten. The fans loved him, related to him and he always gave them his best. He will be missed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Bonnar, who once didn\u2019t believe he would have a career as a UFC fighter, said \u201ceverything changed\u201d after his fight with Griffin. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/stephan-bonnar-4.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/stephan-bonnar-4.jpg\" alt=\"Stephan Bonnar (R) fighting Kyle Kingsbury during UFC 139 light heavyweight bout in San Jose, Calif., on Nov. 19, 2011.\" class=\"wp-image-25131878\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/stephan-bonnar-4.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all&#038;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/stephan-bonnar-4.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/stephan-bonnar-4.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all&#038;w=512 512w\"   style=\"display:none\"><\/a><figcaption>Stephan Bonnar (R) fighting Kyle Kingsbury during UFC 139 light heavyweight bout in San Jose, Calif., on Nov. 19, 2011.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">AP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cAlmost overnight, I became like a celebrity. Everywhere I went, someone would recognize me, even in obscure places,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ufc.com\/news\/stephan-bonnar-1977-2022\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Bonnar said.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>During his career, the Indiana native battled future Hall of Famers Rashad Evans, Mark Coleman, Anderson Silva, and Tito Ortiz.<\/p>\n<p>Bonnar finished his career with 15 wins in 24 fights before he was inducted into the UFC Hall of Fame in 2013.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe lost a legend,\u201d UFC commentator Joe Rogan said <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CmlKxcQMwXR\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">in a heartfelt post on Instagram<\/a>, saying Bonnar will \u201cnever be forgotten.\u201d <\/p>\n<div class=\"inline-slideshow\" data-component=\"inlineSlideshow\">\n<div class=\"inline-slideshow__header\">\n\t\t<button type=\"button\" class=\"button inline-slideshow__nav inline-slideshow__nav--prev inline-slideshow__nav--disabled\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t<?php \/**\n * Carousel right alt - icon SVG\n *\/\n?><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Previous<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t<\/button><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t<span>1<\/span> of <span>7<\/span>\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t<button type=\"button\" class=\"button inline-slideshow__nav inline-slideshow__nav--next\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t<?php \/**\n * Carousel right alt - icon SVG\n *\/\n?><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Next<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t<\/button>\n\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"inline-slideshow__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"inline-slideshow__interstitial\" aria-hidden=\"true\" tabindex=\"-1\">\n<div class=\"inline-slideshow__interstitial-ad-container ad\">\n<p class=\"ad__label\">Advertisement<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cRIP to the American Pyscho, Stephan Bonnar. I remember watching him and Anderson Silva,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jakepaul\/status\/1606793924634353664\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">tweeted <\/a>internet celebrity turned boxer Jake Paul.<\/p>\n<p>UFC fighter <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/moicanoufc\/status\/1606793994381725697\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Renato Moicano tweeted his condolences<\/a>, calling Bonnar\u2019s death \u201ca sad year for the UFC community.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cStephan Bonner a key piece to the growth of our sport,\u201d retired UFC star <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FrankieEdgar\/status\/1606828368502079491\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Frankie Edgar said<\/a>. \u201cI remember watching him and Forest battling it out and thinking, I gotta try this out. RIP to a true pioneer!\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UFC Hall of Famer Stephan Bonnar died on Thursday, the promotion announced. He was 45 years old. The UFC reported Bonnar, who most notably fought Forrest Griffin in the finals of the first season of \u201cThe Ultimate Fighter\u201d in 2005, died of presumed heart complications while at work. \u201cStephan Bonnar was one of the most &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1786700,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[547],"tags":[6962,10847,5458,11798,3642,10773,9165,9610,9885,3819,11797,8095],"class_list":["post-1786697","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-bongino-report","tag-the","tag-and","tag-bongino","tag-bonnar","tag-dead","tag-famer","tag-hall","tag-legend","tag-mma","tag-report","tag-stephan","tag-ufc"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1786697","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1786697"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1786697\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1786700"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1786697"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1786697"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1786697"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}